Flatirons, Boulder

Name: Flatirons
Address: Boulder, United States

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The Flatirons are rock formations in the western United States, near Boulder, Colorado, consisting of flatirons. There are five large, numbered Flatirons ranging from north to south along the east slope of Green Mountain, and the term "The Flatirons" sometimes refers to these five alone. Numerous additional named Flatirons are on the southern part of Green Mountain, Bear Peak, and among the surrounding foothills. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 39°59'17"N, 105°17'35"W

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Flatirons – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Mesa Laboratory, Chautauqua Park, Boulder History Museum, Niwot Ridge.

1.2 miSE
Museum, Science museum
Mesa Laboratory, Boulder
31 min walk • The Mesa Laboratory of the National Center for Atmospheric Research is a research center located in Boulder, Colorado. The building complex was designed by modernist architect I. M. Pei in 1961 as his first project outside of city building design.
1 miNE
Concerts and shows, Theater, Park
Chautauqua Park, Boulder
25 min walk • The Chautauqua Auditorium is a wooden building constructed for the first season of the Colorado Chautauqua in 1898, and through the years has been a venue for many lectures, musical performances, and motion pictures both primitive and modern.
1.5 miNE
Museum, History museum
Boulder History Museum, Boulder
38 min walk • The Boulder History Museum, now doing business as the Museum of Boulder, is a private, nonprofit, local history museum located in Boulder, Colorado. From 1985 to 2018, the Museum operated out of the historic Harbeck-Bergheim house on University Hill near the University of Colorado Boulder campus.
0.9 miNW
Area
Niwot Ridge, Boulder
24 min walk • Niwot Ridge is an alpine ecology research station located 65 km north-west of Denver in north-central Colorado. It is on the Front Range of the southern Rocky Mountains and lies within the Roosevelt National Forest. Niwot Ridge is 2,900 metres high.
0.9 miNE
Neighbourhood
Colorado Chautauqua, Boulder
24 min walk • The Colorado Chautauqua, located in Boulder, Colorado, United States, and started in 1898, is the only Chautauqua west of the Mississippi River still continuing in unbroken operation since the heyday of the Chautauqua Movement in the 1920s.
1.2 miNW
Nature, Mountain, Natural attraction
Flagstaff Mountain, Boulder
31 min walk • Flagstaff Mountain is a foothill on the eastern flank of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains of North America. The 6,983-foot peak is located in Boulder Mountain Park in Boulder County, Colorado, United States.
0.8 miN
Street
Baseline Road, Boulder
22 min walk • Baseline Road is a major east-west street in Boulder, Colorado that extends east of the city through parts of four counties. The western terminus of Baseline Road is at Flagstaff Mountain in the City of Boulder Mountain Parks.
1.2 miNE
Neighbourhood
Boulder Floral Park Historic District, Boulder
32 min walk • The Floral Park Historic District is a block of eight homes in Boulder, Colorado that constitute the first planned unit development in Boulder County, Colorado.

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Which popular attractions are close to Flatirons?

Nearby attractions include Baseline Road, Boulder (22 min walk), Niwot Ridge, Boulder (24 min walk), Colorado Chautauqua, Boulder (24 min walk).